Ceiling-fan.



W. M. NICEWEN.

CEIUNG FAN.

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. Be it known that I, WILLARD M. MQEWEN, a citizen of the United vStates ofAmerica, anda resident vof Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have' inventedI certain new and useful Improvements in yCeiling- Fans, of which the following isv a specification. y j" [The main objects of this invention are to provide an electric'fan particularlyadapted Vfor overhead mounting and for oscillation about both vertical and horizontal axes; and to provide means for supporting and operating such fan. p Y

An illustrative `embodiment of this vinvention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved fan suspended from ceiling bracket, a 'considerable-part of 'the device being Ain section so as to4 more clearly illustrate the construction` and arrangement Fig.` 2 is a rear elevation ,of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan of the track as viewed from the plane of the line A'-A'of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional detail diagrammatically illustratingl 'an yarrangement of brushes and collector rings* fora fany of this kind; In the construction show-nin lthe drawings, a bracket 1, which is shown'suspended from the ceiling, has a hub 2 formed on the 'lowerv end thereof Lon the outsidewof which a member 3 is journaled and on the inside of which aY shaft or member 4 is journaled concentrically of the member 3.

The member 3 is preferably a'twopiece construction adapted to be clampedV together i so as to berotatably supported upon the Ahub 2 by means of a roller V,bearing 5. The

clamping means for securing the two pieces ltogether'may be of any suitable form, an

arrangement'of ears 6 and bolts and nnts V, purpose of illustration.

Arms 8 and?, integrally formed on the respective pieces of the member 3, `extend V'outwardly and downwardly so as to pro- Vvide a yoke upon which the blower-mechanism 10 issupported. yTrunnlons 11 and 12, i

n in the form'of threaded pins, are secured in the ,ends of `the arms8 and 9 so. las to Aengage ,lugs 13 and -14 onv an axis intersecting the' casing 15 considerablylinward'of .fthe periphery, The trunni'on Pins 1v1, ,an d

i Y i Specificationof Ietterslatentf they vmay be adjusted to properly engage 'the Seatsihf'the lugs 12.-andina 1 The shaft4 yhas -theshank-thereof' re- 'Patented Nomar), 11917.

lApplicationmea rune 21,1916. serial No. 105,032. e *7 shown in Fig `2, and` are .provided with @y l headsl and -17 on their outer Vendsso that duced so as to provide ahead 18l whieh'is i retained within the hub 2by means lof "a 'suitable ring 19. /Sets ofwa-shers 20 and-21 yare'interposed betweenv the opposite faces of the head 18 and the opposed faces of the hub 2 andring 19 respectively. llVashers are e used lin place of roller bearings for the reason that although the former reducematerially the friction Ithat would eXistifthe )on the lower end of the shaft 4 sothat when the sha'ft44 isrotated Iit will coact with rollhead 18`contacted directly with the-facesl -ofthehub 2, they create sufficientfrictionv to insure a greater uniformity of oscillation `of the fan as yexplained in my -copending application Serial No. 55,267, filed October11,1915. f .AAwaveU-like'track 22, in they nature of any ers 23,1v carried on the framel, for causa planetransverse `to theaxisl of the trunnions 11 and 12. The rotation of the shaft dium of a worm 27 yand gear 28.

T he' 'rollers 23 are journa-led forks"23.1, l"which in'turn are swiveled inthe casing-15,

on axes rperpendicular yto thosey on which the Vrespective rollers rotate. This lalloWs the rollers'to adjust themselves more' readily ling 'atilting ofthe *blower-mechanism 10 in to their? resultant direction of -travel with respect to the trackv surface due to the yrotation of the track 22 and thefshifting of the- 'rollersv` radiallybackf'and forth as the fan ymechanism is tilted. Y

' lThe"blower-mechanisrn comprises a motor.

29 journaled in'thecasing or frame 15N and having a fan or propeller 30 carried "on the fmotor shaft 31. Theffshaft 31"carries the worm 27 which, throughther medium ofthe gear 28, drives the pinion24-` f" ,The Same;- pancipie v@if @Sealant-ias 'that' explained in 'my Patent lNo;l 1,214,198,

'granted January/*30,1917, is employed'in this device.vv The blower-mechanism isA tilted up and downin a vertical plane by the inem in the vertical tilting. l attention' is called to the fact thatno claim is herein made to the broad idea of a fan mechanism which is caused to oscillate back andrforth in a horizontal plane, by reason of its being tilted up and down in a vertical fplane. Such Visthe subject matter of 'my labove mentioned patent. Likewise, no claim is herein made to the specific gear, pinion, and wavelike'track mechanism by which the tilting of the blower mechanism is effected, this also being claimed in my said patent, above mentioned.

This arrangement -of the supporting and operating parts for Athe fan mechanism is Vparticularly advantageous for a ceiling fan. The entire weight of the fan mechanism is carried on the ball bearings 5, and since the pivotal connection of the fan mechanism with the member 3 is inwardly of the pei'iplieiy of the frame or casing 15, the strain -causedby the tilting of the fan mechanism is materially reduced over that encountered in the constructions illustrated in the aforesaid copendiiig applications. Furthermore, the track 22 carries none of the weight of the fan mechanism as in the other structures, Iand therefore serves only as a guide member for causing therollers- 23 to effect thetilting of the fan mechanism. There is lthus but little strain upon the shaft 4 so .that the friction upon its bearing in the bracket 1 iscomparatively small.

Although but one .specificembodimeiit of this invention has-been herein shown and described, it will be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of this invention as delined by the following claims.

I claim: p

1. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member jou-rnaled on said support, a yokecarried by saidiiiembei, motorkdriven blower-mechanisin supported on said yoke, asecond member ]o-urnaled on said support within said liirst member and independently rotatable with respect thereto, and means carried .by.saidblower-mechanism and coacting with said second member to cause said mechanism to tilt in a plane :transverse to the pivotal connectionof said yoke andr mechanism, whereby gyratory forces'are setup which cause the oscillation of said blower mechanism.

2. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member 'journaled on said support, a. yoke carried by said member, motordriven blower-mechanism supported on said yoke, a shaft journaled on said support within said member, an outwardly'disposed annular flange of wave-like form carried by said shaft, driving mechanism operated by the motor of said blower-mechanism and adapted to rotate said shaft, and rollers carried by said frame and engaging said flange so that said mechanism is tilted in a plane transverse to the pivotal axis of said frame and arms, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said mechanism.

3. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member jouinaled on said support, a yoke carried by said member, motordriveii blower-mechanism supported-on said yoke by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to the Vframe of said mechanism on an axis located inwardly from the peA iiphery of said frame, meanscomprising relatively movable parts carried by said blower-meclianism and said member, and driving.mechanism operated by the lmotor of said blower mechanism and adaptedto cause said mechanism to tilt in a plane transverse to the pivotal axis of said yoke and frame, whereby gyratory forcesare set up which cause the oscillation `of .said blower-mechanism. n

a. An air circulating device, comprising a bracket, a member suspended therefrom and journaled to rotate thereon, la depending yoke carried by said member, motor-driven blower-mechanism suspended from said yoke by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to the frame of said V.mechanism on van axis inwardly ofthe periphery of said -frame, means comprising relatively movable parts, carried by said blower-iiiechanism `and said member, and driving mechanism depending bracket, a member journaled thereon and-having outwardly and downwardly disposed arms carried zthercby,

inotor-driven blower-mechanism,v suspended within said arms by.' having the ends` thereof `pivotally connected to the frame of vsaid mechanism on an axis nwardlyhof the lperiphery of said frame, means comprising relatively movable parts, carried by said yblower-mechanism` and `said member, and .driving mechanism operated by the motor of said blowervmechanism and `vadapted to cause said mechanism to tilt in a plane transverse to the pivotal axis of said yoke and frame, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said blowermechanism.

6. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member journaled on said support, a yoke carried by said member, motor-driven blower-mechanism supported on said yoke by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to the frame of said mechanism on an aXis located inwardly from the periphery of said frame, a shaft journaled on said support within said member, an outwardly disposed annular flange carried by said shaft, and means on said mechanism operated by the motor of said mechanism and coacting with said flange to tilt said mecha.- nism in a plane transverse to the pivotal aXis of said frame and arms, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said mechanism.

7. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member journaled on said support, a yoke carried by said member1notordriven blower-mechanism supported on said yoke by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to the frame of said mechanism on an axis located inwardly from the periphery of said frame, a shaft journaled on said support within said member, an outwardly disposed annular flange of wave-like form carried by said shaft, driving mechanism operated by the motor of said blower-mechanism and adapted to rotate said shaft, and rollers carried by said frame and engaging said flange so that said mechanism is tilted in a plane transverse to the pivotal aXis of said frame and arms, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said mechanism.

8. An air circulating device, comprising a support, a member journaled on said support, motor-driven blower-mechanism tiltably mounted on said member, a second member journaled on said support and rotatable independently of said first member, an outwardly disposed annular flange of wave-like form carried on said second member, driving mechanism operated by the motor of said blower-mechanism and adapted to rotate said second member, and rollers carried by lsaid blower-mechanism and engaging said flange so that said mechanism is tilted in a plane transverse to the pivotal driven blower-mechanism supported on said yoke by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to the frame of said mechanism on an aXis located inwardly from the periphery of said frame, a shaft journaled on said support within said member, an outwardly disposed annular flange of wave-like form carried by said shaft, driving mechanism operated by the motor of said blowermechanism and adapted to rotate said shaft, and rollers carried by said frame andengaging said flange so that said mechanism is tilted in a plane transverse to the vpivotal axis of said frame and arms, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said mechanism, said rollers being swiveled on said frame on axes transverse to that on which they rotate.

10. An air circulating device, comprising a support having a hub on the end thereof, a member journaled on the outside of said hub, a shaft journaled within said hub concentrically of said member, ya pair of outwardly disposed diametrically arranged arch-shaped arms, motor-driven blowermechanism tiltably supported onsaid arms by having the ends thereof pivotally connected to said mechanism on an axis located inwardly of the periphery of said frame, a wave-like track carried by said shaft, driving mechanism carried by saidblower-mechanism and operated by the motor thereof and coacting with said flange to cause thel rotation thereof relatively of saidmember and support, and rollers carried by said frame coacting with said track so as to cause said mechanism to be tilted in a plane transverse to the pivotal aXis of said frame and arms, whereby gyratory forces are set up which cause the oscillation of said blowermechanism.

Signed at Chicago this 19th day of June p WILLARD M. MGEWEN.

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